An
interactive guide to ALL Greek communities of Cyprus that were illegally
displaced from their homes as a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus
of July/August 1974 and the subsequent Turkish military occupation of
37% of the island's territory.

Map of Cyprus with an
indication of villages and towns where crimes have been committed by the
Turkish occupation regime. Click on the photo to see the enlargement.

The photo archive that
follows constitutes a small list of towns and villages of Cyprus that are
now under ILLEGAL Turkish MILITARY OCCUPATION. Turkish military and
occupation authorities, in their methodic, state sponsored, organized, and
engineered effort to change the demographic composition of occupied areas of
Cyprus, they have changed the original names of numerous villages/ towns of
Cyprus, illegally transferred 160,000 Turkish settlers from mainland Turkey
in the occupied areas of Cyprus, and they have virtually shrank and
destroyed the Turkish Cypriot community, that is a minority in the occupied
areas of Cyprus. Moreover, Turkish state terrorism, is also responsible for
continuously and systematically destroying the entire Greek cultural
heritage of the occupied areas of Cyprus since 1974. This destruction
includes Christian Greek Orthodox Churches, Christian Greek Orthodox
monasteries, Ancient Byzantine Greek Castles, Ancient Greek monuments,
Statues of Greek Heroes, and even Greek Orthodox cemeteries.

Bogazi village in
Famagusta district. Bogazi village was one of the Navy bases of the Cyprus
National Guard Navy, mainly for the repair and maintenance of the torpedo
boats of the Cyprus National Guard. With the beginning of the invasion and
the sinking of ALL torpedo boats sent to face the Turkish armada from the
harbor of Kyrenia, the 2 remaining torpedo boats that were stationed at
Bogazi were ordered to disperse to avoid destruction.

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enlargement.

The Famagusta beach.
Famagusta was
the most developed town of Cyprus, up until 1974. It was the biggest Tourist
attraction, had a very developed harbor, and also the center of almost all
intellectual activity of Cyprus. Its clean beaches and the developed tourist
industry made it one of the most attractive tourist attractions with many
promises. During the second phase of the Turkish invasion,
Famagusta was
evacuated because the infantry regiments that were supposed to defend it,
were transferred to Nicosia, to defend the Nicosia International Airport.
The town was left totally unprotected and was evacuated shortly after the
Turkish troops entered in it. Today it is a ghost town, since the Turkish
army never entered in it. It is under the control of the United Nations
Force In Cyprus UNIFCYP.

Occupied
Karmi village is
located in Kyrenia district Cyprus, on Mount Pentadactylos and before the
1974 Turkish invasion it was inhabited solely by Greek Cypriots. Karmi
village has been ILLEGALLY SOLD by the Turkish occupation regime to foreign
citizens, mainly Britons and Germans, shortly after the 1974 Turkish
invasion.

We want to make it
ABSOLUTELY CLEAR to the British and Germans that have acquired properties in
Karmi that their "title" is not valid because they have acquired STOLEN
property belonging to Greek Cypriots. Inter alias, they interfere with
Article 1 of Protocol 1 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights
and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the rightful ownership, access, and
enjoyment of property. Greek Cypriots are determined to exhaust all lawful
means to get their properties back, following the landmark legal precedence
of Loizidou v. Turkey (ECHR).

Turks have also
illegally founded an American University and research center in Karmi, in
order to legitimize the ILLEGAL 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. For more
information about Karmi
Click
HERE.

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enlargement.

The graphic
Kyrenia harbor in
Kyrenia. It is claimed to be the most beautiful place in the entire
Hellenism. Its unique combination of Mount Pentadactylos, the Kyrenia sea,
and the ancient Greek Byzantine Castle, make Kyrenia one of the most
harmonic and calm places.
Kyrenia is a Greek
town, founded by Lakons (Ancient Greek Spartans), and more specifically
it was built by Praxandros. The ancient castle of Kyrenia is also Greek
Byzantine, as well as the Greek ancient cargo ship of Kyrenia, discovered
accidentally by Greek-Cypriot diver Andreas Kariolou. Greek town of Kyrenia
is under Turkish military occupation since 1974. For more photos about
Kyrenia,
click
HERE.

The natural water spring
of the town of Kythrea came out
of the south side of Mount Pentadactylos and was used as drinking water by
the entire area. It was also used in agriculture, and in various water mills
as source of power.

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enlargement.

Lysi village in
Mesaoria, Famagusta district, CYPRUS. Birth town of the legendary Gregoris
Pieris Afxentiou, Anti-lieutenant of the Greek army, and second in command
of the Cypriot Liberation Organisation E.O.K.A. that was fighting the
British colonial power between 1955-1959, and helped to achieve independence
in 1960. In 1955 the British offered 5,000 English pounds for his capture.
Afxentiou died heroically on the 3rd of March 1957, inside his hide-out near
Macheras Greek Orthodox monastery on Macheras mountains, fighting against
the British colonial Rule of Cyprus. He fought for more than 8 hours, single
handed, against a regiment of British paratroopers that surrounded him after
he was betrayed. The British, being unable to capture, or subdue him, and in
view of mounting losses that they suffered, they threw petrol/gas inside the
cave and burned him alive, only succeeding to prove once more that: "...from
now on we will not say that Greeks fight like Heroes, but that Heroes fight
like the Greeks..."!!!(BBC broadcast during WWII)
For more information about the town of Lysi,
Click
HERE.

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The village of Orka in
Kyrenia district is situated on Mount Pentadactylos near the village of
Basilia and Libera. A graphic and peaceful village, with little white houses
painted walls, and a GREEK soul!